On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 23:22:51 GMT
Scott@post.any.replies (Scott) wrote:

The 80-wire cables are needed for ATA-66 and higher. They have no
discernible benefit (despite hype you will hear to the contrary) for
ATA-33 and slower drives.

If you have an 80-wire cable on one channel and a 40 on the other, there
should be no interaction between them.
Have you checked your power supply voltages?


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